The Brief: Thursday 25th Oct 2012

admin October 26, 2012

Presenters Andrew Robinson and Peter Leonard look at the stories making legal news including;

Melanie Verwoerd’s corrections and clarifications, The revenue commissioner who used confidential revenue files to attempt to spice up his sex life, Cheap booze in Scotland, Frankie Boyle is not a racist, Reginald Davies’ conviction for rape, over 60 years after he began to abuse his first victim, she was 10 at the time and is now 71, Italian scientists in jail for not predicting an earthquake, The new Supreme Court gowns.

Professor David Gwynn Morgan is critical of political influence on judicial appointments. This topic has been in the press quite a lot recently, comments have been conservative, but, the professor has a few strong points to make.

Jacques Hartman on attempts to prosecute a Danish national in Denmark for gun-running in India.

Dr. Yvonne Daly on the right to a fair trial, and, she compares the sentencing of Graham Griffiths who avoided a custodial sentence for a sex assault by paying compensation to his victim with the recent conviction of a teenager who will spend 3 years in jail for rape.

Mark Tottenham BL of staredecisishibernia.com on Minister for Justice v Guz and a very interesting personal injuries decision in Flynn v Bus Atha Cliath.

Attorney Robert Gaudet on class actions.

Solicitor Fintan Lawlor on legal costs in probate actions.

Engineered by Alan Weldon.

Produced by Donoghue and Andrew Robinson.
Research by Killian Donoghue and Andrew Robinson.

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